Katsuo Higuchi

History

With the arrival of the steamer Kasato Maru at the Port of Santos in 1908, the cycle of Japanese immigration began in Brazil, which up until the 1940s brought in nearly 200,000 Japanese immigrants.

Most immigrants left Japan, at that time devastated by a severe economic and social crisis, for Brazil, a new and promising country that offered the possibility of employment and the opportunity to earn a fortune in a short time. Most of them intended to save money and, years later, return in better conditions to their homeland, where they would then be able to provide ...

Oshogatsu (New Year) is the most important celebration in the Japanese calendar. Even here in Brazil, with its eminently Christian culture, the date is celebrated by the Nikkei community – not with the same intensity and importance as Christmas, but always in a respectful and festive manner.

I’ve noticed that among the Nikkei families that have settled here the date is celebrated in different ways, depending on the greater or lesser assimilation of the Japanese culture within that social group and on the physical presence of the ojiichan and obaachan, who end up having a major influence on the habits ...

The life of Ms. Aiko, a pleasant and hyperactive obatiam who, to this day, at age 96, provides a lesson in vigor and joy of living, would serve very well as inspiration for a book. She was even the subject of a brief article in this newspaper last July, in addition to having been interviewed by the Japanese TV station NHK and the French newspaper Le Monde. Besides, she has been mentioned in several publications.

Having lived in Brazil for 90 years and for more than 60 years in the city of São Paulo, Ms. Aiko has other ...

Faça chuva ou faça sol, nada impede que grupos de Rádio Taissô se reúnam diariamente na tradicional Praça da Liberdade em São Paulo para praticar a ginástica comunitária. Evento que ocorre também em vários outros locais, até em outras cidades. A música instrumental ao fundo, que ecoa através do alto falante, dita o ritmo dos movimentos leves e harmoniosos que dezenas de pessoas, compenetradas e animadas, se põem a fazer. Vestidas à caráter, com roupa de ginástica toda branca, inclusive tênis, desenvolvem uma série ...

Um comentário feito por um amigo aguçou meu interesse e logo fui fazer uma pesquisa e encontrei o que procurava.

A prestigiosa Universidade de Harvard, nos EUA, por mais de sete décadas, vem estudando um tema fascinante: O que faz as pessoas felizes da vida? O que torna uma vida boa de se viver?

Abstraindo de comentar detalhes do trabalho, meramente por questão de espaço nesta coluna, mas confiando na seriedade da renomada instituição, soube que o estudo chegou à conclusão que, para nos mantermos felizes e saudáveis ao longo da vida depende ...